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A CD player. Lavender-infused lotion. A weighted blanket. A roll of red tape. The last things you’d expect when it comes to Alzheimer’s care. But every item was chosen for a specific purpose: to help care for a person with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias through their sense of hearing, smell, feel, sight and more.

Elizabeth Rhodus’s past experiences as an occupational therapist, and a motivation to enhance clinical care, led her to develop the innovative intervention now known as Harmony at H.O.M.E., which emphasizes sensory-based techniques in the home environment for those living with dementia. She talks about the technique in this week’s edition of Dr. Greg Davis on Medicine.

Are You a Caring for Someone with Dementia? We invite you to participate in a research study that offers the Harmony at H.O.M.E. (Help Online Modifying the Environment) telehealth program

Elizabeth Rhodus, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, discusses a resources to help those with dementia in this week's health column.

Are you caring for someone with dementia? We invite you to participate in a research study that offers the Harmony at H.O.M.E. (Help Online Modifying the Environment) telehealth program at